cow tree

See also: cow-tree

English

Etymology

Compare Spanish palo de vaca.

Noun

cow tree (plural cow trees)

1. Any trees in several species:
   1. Brosimum utile, a tree of South America that yields a nourishing milky fluid when cut.
   2. Couma macrocarpa in the family Apocynaceae, a tropical rainforest tree native to Colombia.
   3. Gymnema lactiferum (Ceylon cow tree).
   4. Manilkara bidentata (massaranduba).